CONMEBOL (CONfederaci�n sudaMEricana de F�tBOL - South American Football Confederation) was founded July 9, 1916, thanks to Uruguayan H�ctor Rivadavia G�mez who materialized his project of uniting football around the continent. Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Chile were the founder nations after a successful South American football tournament played in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Later on Paraguay (1921), Peru (1925), Bolivia (1926), Ecuador (1927), Colombia (1936) and Venezuela (1952) also became members of the South American confederation. Nowadays CONMEBOL is part of FIFA and is in charge of all professional football activities in the mentioned countries. The permanent headquarters are located in Asunci�n, Paraguay; and the actual president (until 2006) of the Executive Committee is Dr. Nicol�s Leoz.

Guyana, Suriname and the French d�partement of French Guiana are not members of CONMEBOL - their national associations are members of CONCACAF.

External link

• Conmebol Official Website (http://www.conmebol.com/)

National Football Associations of South America (CONMEBOL)

Argentina | Bolivia | Brazil | Chile | Colombia | Ecuador | Paraguay | Peru | Uruguay | Venezuela

National football teams of South America (CONMEBOL)

Argentina | Bolivia | Brazil | Chile | Colombia | Ecuador | Paraguay | Peru | Uruguay | Venezuela

International Football

FIFA - World Cup - Women's World Cup - World Rankings - Player of the Year Asia: AFC - Asian Cup | Africa: CAF - African Nations Cup South America: CONMEBOL - Copa Am�rica | North America: CONCACAF - Gold Cup Oceania: OFC - OFC Nations Cup | Europe: UEFA - European Championship

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